California Archive » May, 2010

California - May, 2010

172 articles

• Toyota Must Turn Over Docs In Acceleration MDL
• FWS Must Rethink Delta Smelt Protection Plan: Court
• Lloyd's Fights Coverage Of $5.6M 'Fake' Jewel Heist
• In The Words Of Patent Commissioner Stoll
• Phoenix, DeviceVM Settle 'Instant-On' Secrets Spat
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Ford, Cooper Suit
• Hyundai Settles Corrosion Subframe Class Action
• Facebook, MySpace Messages Are Protected: Judge
• Spansion, Tessera Reach $130M Patent Claim Estimate
• Verizon Contractor Faces OT Action By Ditchdigger
• How To Win The Claim Construction Battle
• Conn. Governor Vetoes Renewable Energy Bill
• New Campaign By States Curbing Leegin's Impact
• Jon Lovitz Ditched Season Ticket Deal: Dodgers
• Home Shopping Network Hit With OT Suit
• EHarmony Latest To Settle In GraphOn Patent Suit
• Comic Creator Loses IP Suit After Messing With 'Zohan'
• Antitrust Counts Nixed In Inmate Medical Services Suit
• Calif. Toyota Suits Should Be Coordinated: Judge
• EBay Loses Bid To Sanction Hagens In Antitrust Suit
• AT&T Settlement Calls For Unlocking Of Phones
• Producer's $3M Win Upheld In Warner Licensing Suit
• Life Tech Sues Illumina Over DNA Device Patents
• Morris Manning Reinstates Associate Summer Program
• Baxter Faces New Suit Over Quaid Twins' Overdose
• Calif. High Court Redraws Employer Definition
• Judge Greenlights H&R Block $1.4M OT Settlement
• Q&A With PG&E's Sanford Hartman
• WaMu Pays $9M To Settle Spat With Homeowners
• Bell Micro Shareholder Tries To Block Avnet Merger
• Goodwin Reps Equity One In $600M Mall Deal
• Apple's IAd Violates Competition, Trademark Law: Suit
• Barr Squashes Fluoxetine Stabbing Death Suit
• H&R Block Tax Pros Launch FLSA Suit
• Shareholders Sue BP Over Safety Claims
• The Increasing Need To Plan With Foreign Partners
• Supreme Court Takes Up Class Action Arbitration Issue
• High Court To Hear Vehicle Safety Preemption Case
• High Court Rejects Microsoft Appeal Of Lucent Verdict
• US To Set Emissions Standards For Heavy Trucks
• Yale's Deputy General Counsel Named To 2nd Circ.
• Akeena Solar Securities Suit Lives To See Another Day
• Sacramento Trims Claims In Muni Derivative MDL
• Ralph Lauren To Pay $4M To Settle Calif. Wage Suit
• Admiral Owes SonicBlue D&O Policy Premiums: Judge
• Fed. Circ. Revives Epson Projector Patent
• Plains Sues Flying J Unit Over Oil Foreclosure
• Calif. Water District Settles CWA Discharge Case
• FERC Launches Probe Into Western Power Markets
• Costco Loses Bid To Decertify Manager FLSA Action
• Air France Ocean Crash MDL Gets 10 Times Bigger
• Toyota Powers Up Tesla With $50M Electric Car Deal
• Chadbourne Adds GE, Disney Bigwigs To IP Team
• Aspex Loses Injunction Bid In Antitrust Suit Against VSP
• New Developments Regarding Calif. Prop 64
• The Legal Limits Of 'Green' In Green Marketing
• Weatherman Hits CBS With $1.7M Age Bias Suit
• AuthenTec Fails To Unseal Sanctions Bid In IP Feud
• Legal Additions Revives Kowalski Breach Suit
• Wal-Mart Yanks Cadmium-Tainted Miley Cyrus Baubles
• FERC, PG&E Could Face Suit Over Declining Salmon
• Pom Loses Bid To Put Welch CEO On Hot Seat
• Sony Deal In HDTV Case OK'd Over Plaintiff Opposition
• Akin Gump Snags Jones Day Partner
• DOJ Jumps Into Disk Drive Price-Fixing MDL
• Frequently Litigated Liability Policy Conditions In Texas
• Aetna Meal Break Suit Stayed Until Brinker Decision
• 9th Circ. Affirms Remand Of US Bank Wage Case
• Exxon Wins Attys' Fees In Gasprom Contract Spat
• No Class For Calif. Prison Workers In Harassment Suit
• Aerocrine Resolves Apieron Patent Claims In Asset Buy
• EPA Agrees To Study Pesticides' Effect On 11 Species
• Digital Health Liability: We Are Not In Kansas Anymore!
• Ex-McKesson Chairman To Pay $2M In SEC Deal
• Record Cos. Attack Defenses In 'Ellen' Copyright Suit
• Insurer Needn't Cover Beeche In Bridge Suit: 9th Circ.
• Calif. Plaintiffs Appeal Pay-For-Delay Cipro Case
• Pillsbury Associates To Take Home More Bacon
• NJ's Bid To Get Lehman Case To State Court Nixed
• QBE Insurance Sanctioned In Coverage Spat With JSR
• Circuit City, Ex-Workers End Dispute Over $14M Claim
• Author Hits 'Avatar' Creators With Copyright Suit
• Chevron's Malice Suit Against Ecuador Atty Clipped
• 115 Calif. Suits Cut From Prempro MDL
• Joint And Several Liability Remains Alive And Well
• Asics Hits Skechers With Another Trademark Suit
• Casino Machine Co. IGT Gets Rival's Patent Suit Nixed
• Fed. Circ. Revives Cochlear Implant Patent Dispute
• Plaintiffs Still Alive In ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• Lieff Cabraser, Hagens Berman Win Lead Toyota Roles
• With DHL Dismissed, Contractor Settles Driver OT Suit
• Loan Officers Hit Americash With Overtime Action
• Pachulski Stang Bankruptcy Pro Joins Venable
• GraphOn, Juniper Firewall IP Spat Stayed For Re-Exam
• ConocoPhillips Can't Nix Class Claims In OT Case
• Sony Hit With Class Action Over 'Melting' HDTVs
• Insurers Appeal Tossed Coverage Suit With Milberg
• SEC, States Launch Probe Of Wall Street Muni Deals
• Calif.'s Push For Product VOC Emission Limits
• The Latest On Leegin
• Scandals Will Force Change At Rating Agencies: Attys
• Widow Loses Philip Morris Wrongful Death Suit
• Inequitable Conduct Claims Stand In Yokohama Tire Suit
• Wal-Mart Confirms High Court Appeal Of Sex Bias Class
• Penske Appeals Workers' Cert. Win In Meal Break Suit
• Toshiba Settles Suit Over Defective Notebook Hinges
• Ex-Atmel GC Seeks Data From Wilson Sonsini
• Calif. Force-Placed Insurance Class Certified
• LA Pushes For High Court To Hear Biosolids Case
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Mortgages Ltd. Collapse
• Pleading Ignorance: Twombly/Iqbal 'Plausible' Standard
• Wal-Mart Shells Out Up To $86M To End 2 Pay Suits
• Travelers Falls Short In Bid To Recover Defense Costs
• Wachovia Ordered To Pay In Broker-Raiding Feud
• Spansion Reaches $8M Deal In WARN Suit
• Atty Sees Friendly End To Kutak Rock Job Dispute
• GSK To Pay $60M To Settle Avandia Suits
• Alcatel, Acacia Unit Settle Network Server Patent Suit
• 'Can't Believe It's Not Butter' False Ad Suit Nixed
• Who Should Determine Market Need For LNG Projects?
• An Eye On Consumer Privacy Protection
• Immutopics Didn't Infringe Antibody Patent: Fed. Circ.
• Chili's Asst. Managers' OT Suit Headed To State Court
• Bracelets Sold By Claire's Recalled Over Cadmium
• Viewsonic Settles Sony Display Patent Case In ITC
• Federal, Fremont Settle E&O Coverage For $10M
• 'Kill Bill' Copyright Suit Sent To Central District Of Calif.
• EPA, Others Slam Smurfit-Stone's Superfund Reserves
• Costco Experts Nixed In Tylenol Infant Death Case
• Munger Tolles Nixed From Wachovia Contract Suit
• Fisheries Service Agrees To Protect Abalone Habitat
• Mattel Faces IP Suit Over Planned Educational Toy
• Nokia Files Another Patent Suit Over Apple's IPhone
• EPA Under Fire To Improve Calif. Air Quality Plans
• Feinstein Calls For Inquiry Into Anthem Rate Hike Errors
• Suit Over 'Contaminated' Frozen Dinners Thrown Out
• Wal-Mart Supplier's Contract Spat Heads To Arbitration
• Calif.'s Low Carbon Plan Of Attack On Global Warming
• How To Get Paid To Hire And Retain New Workers
• Versace Nets $20M From Retailers In Counterfeiting Suit
• Ex-CalPERS Execs Hit With $95M Pay-To-Play Suit
• DC Circ. Judge Appointed Judicial Conference Chair
• Sheppard Mullin Scores Manatt Bankruptcy Chair
• Judge Tosses Blockbuster Worker's Overtime Action
• DC Circ. Rejects FERC's Station Power Netting Period
• Claims Trimmed In Pom False Ad Suit Against Coke
• Trucking School Sideswiped By FLSA Complaint
• High Court May Decide LA Biosolids Petition Early
• Navistar Settles Dispute Over EPA's NOx Guidelines
• Support Grows For Daubert Test At Class Cert. Stage
• Conn. Legislators Pass Bill To Reduce Energy Costs
• Jones Day Reps P&G In Holistic Pet Food Acquisition
• CalPERS Suit Against Ratings Agencies Still Kicking
• Sens. Unveil Sweeping Auto Safety Measures
• Path To Appeal Cleared In Insurers' Row With Milberg
• 9th Circ. Clears Jaco In Fridge Recycling Case
• Wachovia Call Center Overtime Suit Nears Resolution
• AT&T, Others Face Suit Over Videoconference Patent
• Speedo Scores Dismissal Of TYR Sport Antitrust Suit
• Trial Court Misread Vulcan's Policy: Appeals Court
• NEC Settles In Jaco DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• MBIA Barred From Municipal Bond MDL Exit
• Sequoia Dropped From E-Voting Patent Case
• Attys Faulted In Princess Di Trademark Case
• Wal-Mart Pays $28M For Calif. Enviro Violations
• Plaintiffs Firms Battle To Helm Toyota MDL
• Toho Tenax Wants Cytec's Price-Fixing Claims Axed
• Fox Rothschild Adds Greenberg Bankruptcy Pros
• Fishermen Get OK To Refile Dubai Star Oil Spill Claims
• Supreme Court Remands First Republic Fraud Suit
• Earthjustice Pans Calif. Proposal To Allow Pesticide
• 3 Myths Of In-House Attorney-Client Privilege